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Death is a place where the sun shines a different colour every day and where people travel to the length of their dreams. Rejecting the violence and hate of the old gang at the Forgotten Works, they lead gentle lives in watermelon sugar. Brautigan expresses the mood of a new generation.

Soldier of Sidon

by Gene Wolfe

Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning gives him a poignantly tenuous hold on himself, but his story's hold on readers is powerful indeed. The two previous novels, combined in Latro in the Mist ( Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete ) are generally considered classics of contemporary fantasy. Latro now finds himself in... (more)

Latro in the Mist

by Gene Wolfe

This omnibus of two acclaimed novels is the story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who was fighting in Greece when he received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory but gave him in return the ability to see and converse with the supernatural creatures, the gods and goddesses, who invisibly inhabit the classical landscape. Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day... (more)

Anima (Gollancz SF S.)

by M.John Harrison

When a writer like M. John Harrison looks at love, you know the results will be unusual and compelling, evocative and imaginative, dark, depressing and transcendent. In SIGNS OF LIFE, the beautiful Isobel Avens dreams of flying like a bird; Mick 'China' Rose runs a fast (and sometimes illegal) courier service to the genetics industry. When they meet and become lovers, it sets off an unstoppable train of events.... (more)

Viriconium

by M. John Harrison

Available to American readers for the first time, this landmark collection gathers four groundbreaking fantasy classics from the acclaimed author of Light . Set in the imagined city of Viriconium, here are the masterworks that revolutionized a genre and enthralled a generation of readers: The Pastel City, A Storm of Wings, In Viriconium, and Viriconium Nights . Back in print after a long absence, these... (more)

Antologia (Narrativa)

by Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo

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Obra Poetica - Borges

by Jorge Luis Borges

The Ghost in Love: A Novel

by Jonathan Carroll

“I envy anyone who has yet to enjoy the sexy, eerie, and addictive novels of Jonathan Carroll. They are delicious treats—with devilish tricks inside them.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Neil Gaiman has written: “Jonathan Carroll has the magic. He’ll lend you his eyes, and you’ll never see the world in quite the same way ever again.” Welcome to the luminous and marvelously inventive world of The Ghost in... (more)

The Black Abbot of Puthuum (Zothique)

by Clark Ashton Smith

Zobal the archer and Cushara the pikebearer had poured many a libation to their friendship in the sanguine liquors of Yoros and the blood of the kingdom's enemies. In that long and lusty amity, broken only by such passing quarrels as concerned the division of a wine-skin or the apportioning of a wench, they had served amid the soldiery of King Hoaraph for a strenuous decade. Savage warfare and wild, fantastic... (more)

The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction

The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction

by Gene Wolfe

From a literary perspective, this will certainly be the best collection of the year in science fiction and fantasy. Gene Wolfe, of whom The Washington Post said, “Of all SF writers currently active none is held in higher esteem,” has selected the short fiction he considers his finest into one volume. There are many award winners and many that have been selected for various Year’s Best anthologies among the... (more)

The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard

by J. G. Ballard

“More than one thousand compelling pages from one of the most haunting, cogent, and individual imaginations in contemporary literature.”—William Boyd J. G. Ballard should be recognized as one of the greatest and most prophetic writers in the world. Here, in his Complete Stories , readers can finally celebrate the unparalleled range and the mesmerizing cadences of a literary genius, who “like Calvino,... (more)

Inheritance Cycle: Book 2

Eldest

by Christopher Paolini

Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns… Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspring new places... (more)

Inheritance Cycle: Book 1

Eragon

by Christopher Paolini

Now in paperback! Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy—until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire. A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Wall... (more)

Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-6)

Harry Potter

Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-6)

by J. K. Rowling

Follow Harry from his first days at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, through his many adventures with Hermione and Ron, to his confrontations with rival Draco Malfoy and the dreaded Professor Snape. From a dangerous descent into the Chamber of Secrets to the Triwizard Tournament to the return of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, each adventure is more riveting and exhilarating than its predecessor, and now all... (more)

After Dark

by Haruki Murakami

A short, sleek novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the witching hours between midnight and dawn, and every bit as gripping as Haruki Murakami’s masterworks The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore. At its center are two sisters—Eri, a fashion model slumbering her way into oblivion, and Mari, a young student soon led from solitary reading at an anonymous Denny’s toward people whose lives are... (more)

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Tags: fantastic literature

In Watermelon Sugar

by Richard Brautigan

Soldier of Sidon

by Gene Wolfe

Latro in the Mist

by Gene Wolfe

Anima (Gollancz SF S.)

by M.John Harrison

Viriconium

by M. John Harrison

Antologia (Narrativa)

by Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo

Obra Poetica - Borges

by Jorge Luis Borges

The Ghost in Love: A Novel

by Jonathan Carroll

The Black Abbot of Puthuum (Zothique)

by Clark Ashton Smith

The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction

by Gene Wolfe

The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard

by J. G. Ballard

Eldest

by Christopher Paolini

Eragon

by Christopher Paolini

Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-6)

by J. K. Rowling

After Dark

by Haruki Murakami